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M. GUY. DRESS GUARD HOLDER FOR BIGYGLES.

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i No.'5'77,551.

Patented Feb. 23, 189 7.

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UNITED STATES ATENT FrrcE.

MARK GUY, OF NElV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JOI-INllIOOLAVE & SONS, OF SAME PLACE.

DRESS-GUARD HOLDER FOR BICYOLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,551, dated February 23, 1897.

Application filed October 14, 1895. Serial No. 565,610. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARK GUY, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dress-Guard Holders for Bicycles and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bicycles and the like, and aims to provide an improved attachment for dress-guards such as are used for ladies machines.

Heretofore of the various dress-guards used that most common has consisted of a metal attaching-plate permanently connected to the frame of the machine near the rear axle and a number of separate radial cords severally knotted at their ends through holes in this plate and at their other ends through holes in the tire-guard. Special fastening provisions for the inner plate for these guards have been required, and being irremovable greatly inconvenienced the cleaning of the wheel, necessitating the loosening of each cord to give access through the guard to the wheel.

My present improvements provide an attachment for holding the guard which is readily removable, provide an improved connection between the guard-strings and the attachment by which the entire guard can be moved with the attachment, and provide an improved fastening for holding the guard on the wheel.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred form of my invention, Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a bicycle, showing my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation, partly in section, on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3, showing, on a larger scale, the improved attachment or holder, the axle, and a fragment of the frame. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the holder, looking from the front; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical section of the holder, frame, and bearing-cone, showing the shaft in side elevation, cut on the line 4 at in Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrow.

Referring to the drawings, let A indicate the frame of a bicycle; to, the longitudinal brace, b the diagonal brace, and c the guardbrace, thereof; B, the rear wheel; 0, the axle thereof; D, the dress-guard5 E, the holder therefor at bottom; F, the strings thereof, and G the top holder or tire-guard therefor. These parts maybe of any usual, known, orsuitable construction.

According to one feature of my present improvements I construct the dress-guard D of one string F, one end of which is knotted through the end hole of the usual row of holes 01 in the holder E, and the remainder of which is passed substantially radially toward and from this holder and laced alternately through the holes 6 of the top guard G and the intermediate holes f of the holder E, the other end of the cord being knotted through the hole d of the holder. The cord is thus permanently attached to the holder, and at its intermediate lacings therethrough it is free to adjust itself so that the various strands will have a uniform tension.

According to another feature of improvement I construct the holder E as a removable holder which can readily be detached to permit the removal of the guard from opposite the side of the wheel, so that access can be had to the latter. This is done by separably connecting the holder, preferably on the outer end of the axle O, in such manner that the holder can be easily loosened and removed. The permanent and adjustable connection between the strings and holder permit the displacement of the guard by the simple operation of disconnecting the holder from the axle and the replacement of the guard by simply again connecting the holder in position. I

Another feature of improvement comprises an improved construction for connecting the holder, which latter according to my invention can be applied and removed without disturbing the frame or bearing adjustments on the axle. Preferably the holder is construct ed with an aperture H, fitting over the outer end I of the shaft and is held on the latter between the usual frame-holding nut J by a locking-nut K. The frame-nut J clamps the slotted end 9 of the frame and the head h of the brace c tightly against the bearing-cone 11 when the latter is adjusted on the axle O and maintains them in position. The holder E is then applied by passing its apertured boss L against the outer sideof the nut J, the aperture II receiving the axle, and the set-nut K is screwed against the outer face of the boss L, firmly clamping the latter between itself and the nut J and serving as a lock-nut against displacement of the nutJ. The loosening of the set-nut and detachment and at tachment of the holder E do not affect the adjustment of the nut J. Hence the application of the guard-holder is a trivial matter, involving little more than the tightening and loosening of the set-nut. hen the holder is carried on the axle, as provided by my invention, the use of special fastening provisions is avoided, thus economizing in cost and weight of construction.

My invention also provides an improved construction of holder E, which in its preferred form consists of a sheet-metal or other suitable plate having an arc shaped outwardly-projected band j, inwhich the stringholes are formed, and inwardly-extending arms, at front and Zat rear, leading from the outer band to the central boss or hub L, which latter is disposed considerably inwardly of the band, so that within the plane of the latter the nut K and end I of the shaft may lie, while the band itself is disposed at a sufficient distance laterally of the frame-bars to give the desired location for the guard. This avoids any unnecessary width for the fastening provisions for the guard and brings these provisions inside of the protecting range of the outer band. In its preferred form the holder E is made vertically adjustable and removable and held against displacement around the axis of its fastening. This is preferably accomplished by making the aperture H an open-sided aperture and constructingit with a flat wall m, coinciding with a reciprocal flat wall 92, formed on the side of the end I of the axle O. The remainder of the wall of the aperture H consists of an arc-shaped portion 0, corresponding in curvature to the circumference of the axle, and a straight portion 1), leading from this arc-shaped portion to the lower edge q of the boss andextending parallel with the wall. the nut K the plate can be vertically adjusted or vertically removed from or applied to the axle without the necessity of entirely 11nscrewing the nut. While in position it will be prevented from displacement by the engagement between the Walls or flats m and n.

It will be seen that my invention provides improvements which can be easily and advantageously availed of, and it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the particular details of construction and arrangement set forth as. constituting its preferred form, but that it can be employed according to such modifications or adaptations as circumstances or the judgment of those skilled in the art may dictate.

hat I claim is 1. The improved dress-guard holder for bicycles and the like, consisting of a plate lying in the plane of the machine, containingarow of perforations, and having one portion of the plate offset in a plane substantially parallel thereto to bear against the frame of the machine, and having an inclined part between and connecting said portions.

2. The improved dress-guard holder for bicycles and the like, consisting of a plate lying in the plane of the machine, having an outer arc-shaped portion containing a row of perforations, having an inner oifset portion in a plane parallel thereto for hearing againstthe machine, having a hole in its inner portion for passing over the axle of the machine, and having an inclined arm between and connecting its inner and outer portions.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARK GUY.

Witnesses:

E. L. GoLDEY, E1). BEESLEY.

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